FirstBank Celebrates 2021 Corporate Responsibility and Sustainability Week, Calls for All to Adopt Kindness as a Way of Life

The best definition of kindness is not one provided by any of the world’s best dictionaries but one demonstrated by how we treat others on a daily basis. Kindness is a universal language that does not require any special knowledge, exposure, skills, training or background to understand and appreciate it as a beneficiary or observer of a kind act. Neither …

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Igboho’s extradition: Buratai pushes move, activist’s team meets Benin’s officials, fights process

Facts on Tuesday emerged about how Nigeria’s Ambassador to the Benin Republic,  Lt. Gen. Tukur Buratai (retd.),  was instrumental to the arrest of the Yoruba nation activist, Sunday Adeyemo, also known as Sunday Igboho. A top security source in the Benin Republic confided in The PUNCH that the former Chief of Army Staff wrote the government of the small West …

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How INTERPOL Arrested Sunday Igboho, Wife

The International Criminal Police Organisation arrested Yoruba Nation agitator, Sunday Adeyemo; with his wife, Ropo, in Cotonou, Benin Republic, the activist’s lead counsel, Yomi Alliyu (SAN), has said. Alliyu revealed this in a statement obtained by The PUNCH on Tuesday. According to him, the Federal Government of Nigeria through INTERPOL got Adeyemo aka Sunday Igboho and his wife, who is …

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Sunday Igboho arrested in Cotonou

Yoruba Nation agitator, Sunday Adeyemo also known as Sunday Igboho, has been arrested in Cotonou, Benin Republic, The PUNCH has learnt. He was arrested at an airport in Cotonou on Monday night, a top source familiar with the matter told our correspondent. Igboho was arrested by the security forces in Benin Republic about three weeks after the Department of State …

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Eid-el Kabir: Odumosu Assures Adequate Security, Leads Officers To Clear KARA Bridge Gridlock

In preparation for a hitch free Eid-el Kabir celebration, the Lagos State Police Command has restrategised and deployed adequate human and material resources with a view to fortifying security across the state before, during and after the festive period. This is contained in a statement signed by CSP Olumuyiwa Adejobi, the Command’s spokesman and made available to NAOSRE. According to …

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Nigerian Passport Ranks 101 Among 199 Countries, Behind Togo, Chad

The Nigerian passport is ranked 101st out of 199 countries, according to the ranking done by the Henley Passport Index, described as the original, authoritative ranking of all the world’s passports. The index ranks passports, according to the number of destinations their holders can access without a visa. A London, United Kingdom-based global citizenship and residence advisory firm, Henley and …

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Toast to Women In Leadership: Linda Ikeji Pays Courtesy Visit to Fidelity MD

Two beautiful amazons and consummate professionals in their respective fields of endeavor (banking and media) met in what many have described as a toast to women in leadership to not only explore business opportunities, but also to lend their voice to the ongoing conversation about women empowerment. Fidelity Bank CEO, Mrs Onyeali-Ikpe accompanied by top female management staff on Tuesday …

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Optimism Of Francophone’s Strategic Cooperation Against Insurgency As Buratai Resumes In The Republic Of Benin

National Association of Online Security Reporters, NAOSRE, in this piece, cast a diagnostic review and analyses of the appointment of General Tukur Buratai as Ambassador to the Republic of Benin. The association predicts sound health resulting in a reinvigorated diplomatic relationship between Nigeria and its Francophone neighbour, capable of checking illegal arms and ammunition smuggling that fuel insurgency in Nigeria Judging …

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Why my kids don’t attend my shows — Basketmouth

Ace comedian, Bright Okpocha, aka Basketmouth, tells TOFARATI IGE about his career, the comedy industry and other issues What has been your experience making the sitcom, ‘Flatmates’? One of the first issues we faced at the beginning had to do with stories. When we started the project, they (Multichoice) hired writers but they could not tell our stories for us. …

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